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When the tumult of emotions that have been raised by the suddenness of the social change shall have subsided, it may prove that they will receive the kindest usage from some of those on whom they have heretofore most closely depended.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson suggests that as emotions settle, freedmen may find better treatment from those they relied on in the past.

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